Word: question
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...debate took place at Princeton on December 12, and resulted in a victory for Princeton. The involved question offered every opportunity for variety of Interpretation, and it was upon the meaning of the question that the whole debate hinged. This made the contest technical and unsatisfactory...
...Yale debate was the exact antithesis of the contest with Princeton. The question, which was timely and full of interest, was worded in such a way as to make quibbling impossible. The debate was lively and close and resulted in a well-earned victory for the University team...
...question read as follows...
...winning the Coolidge prize. M. Hale '03, S. Blaikie '03, and E. M. Rabenold, was chosen alternate. The debate was held on Monday, March 23, before a large audience in Sanders Theatre. The University speakers won chiefly by better massing of argument upon vital issues and by considering the question from a broader point of view. Mr. Bliss Perry presided at the debate, and the judges were president Pritchett of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Provost C. C. Harrison of the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Arthur L. Brown of Providence, U. S. district judges of Rhode Island...
...first debate in the series took place on Thursday evening, December 11, and resulted in a victory of the Seniors over the Juniors. The question was: "Resolved, That trusts are a beneficial outgrowth of economic conditions in the country." R. Ernst, J. J. Mahoney, and A. J. Hammerslough spoke for the Seniors, and F. W. Catlett, D. A. McCable and L. Lippincott for the Juniors...